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it can be struck but why is it to do with it being more conductable then air?
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An aircraft creates a static path by just its motion through the air.All aircraft are equipped with static dischargers which are either composite carbon,or just sort of rope looking pieces that are usually mounted on the trailing tips or ends of the wings and control surfaces, which "bleed off" this static build up.They do this not for lightning, but for communication and avionics.The aircraft also contain large numbers of "bonding straps". These maintain a flow across the numerous parts or sections trying to reduce the static build up.As clouds move they also collect static electricity.When there is a large build up and motion in a thunderstorm this energy looks for the quickest path to a ground.If a aircraft is in this path,or part of it, the lightning tries to go through it.Usually there is little or no damage, but it can also cause pitting or burning in the skin of the aircraft.If it is powerful enough it has been known to damage radar and other avionic devices. Sometimes lightning does not follow the path of the discharge and usually larger holes or burn throughs occur in sub structure such as trailing edges and fairings.There are generally several inspections required by maintenance if a flight crew believes they have been struck by lightning.I believe the only known crash was when lightning arced through the fuel vent tank of a 707 causing the outer section of wing to explode resulting in loss of control. Also aircraft on the ground are targets for lightning because they are not grounded until an object or vehicle or person become the connecting link. Hope this helped !Please, can you help me feel better about flying?
lightning tries to find a direct path to the ground and whatever is in it's path will be struck with little or no harmful effect if it's not grounded.What is the landing speed of a boeing 747?
Static electricity from movement through the air will negatively (build up of electrons) charge the aircraft which gives it a high electrical potential. This "negative" charge reacts with a positively charged cloud to draw lightning, which is the same basic reaction that occurs between the cloud and the ground.Airbus A300 or Boeing 787 Dreamliner ?
There are two reasons lightining strikes airplanes. Most airplanes are conductive, and therefore, it's easier for lightining to go a little out of it's way to go through the airplane then to go in a straight line. Basically, it takes millions of volts of potentail to jump an airliner sized gap in the atmosphere, and only a few volts to move current through an airplane. The second problem is that as airplanes move through the air, they can pick up a static charge, incrasesing the potential for a lighting strike. This is why airplanes have "static wicks" on trailing edges, to bleed static electricity back into the atmosphere.i've read many about the 747-8 but will avionics be same as 747-400?
It's pretty exciting to be in an airplane during a lightning strike. Sometimes there's no damage, and sometimes piecese of the airplane are missing and electronics are fried.
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